Once you have made sure that the FastManager Data Folder is accessible from the network, all you need to do is “direct” FastManager on all the other computers to use it:
Point FastManager To Your Data
folder
icon and browse through the network to the location where the database is storeddb.qdb
and click on Open
Update
Change Database
from the File
menu (after logging in). FastManager Company Database
, you can check the lower-left corner of the program window on any other networked computer:To connect FastManager to a SQL database, do the following:
If you're not already connected to a database, when you start FastManager, you will be prompted to locate your database:
SQL Connection
and fill in the connection information:File -> Change Database
and click on SQL Connection
to review the settings in use by that computer
Company DB: | Example Info: |
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Provider: | SQLOLEDB |
Data source: | [SERVERNAME\SQLINSTANCE,3306] |
Database Name: | [Your Database name (as it is in SQL Server)] |
Username: | [Your Database Username] |
Password: | [Your Database Password] |
Catalogs DB: | Example Info: |
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Provider: | SQLOLEDB |
Data source: | [SERVERNAME\SQLINSTANCE,3306] |
Database Name: | [Your Catalogs database name (as it is in SQL Server)] |
Username: | [Your Database Username] |
Password: | [Your Database Password] |
Data Folder | |
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Enter the path to: | [\\SERVERNAME\shared-folder\FastManager\Data-Folder] |
Live Support
widget at the bottom of the page to get assistance.
If FastManager is already connected to a database (whether SQL or Access) and you want to connect to a different company database, go to:
File -> Change Database
Select existing file
, then you will be able to click on SQL Connection